Fujitsu Limited
Started impact investing in companies that take on the challenge of solving social issues to realize a sustainable society
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We are expanding the investment targets of the corporate venture capital (CVC) fund managed by Fujitsu Ventures Ltd. (Note 1) (hereinafter referred to as Fujitsu Ventures), and are making impact investments that invest in companies that take on the challenge of solving social issues. It was started.
Impact investing is an investment that aims to simultaneously generate a financial return and a positive, measurable social and environmental impact. Through this impact investment, we will go beyond our direct business domain and broadly support a variety of companies that are taking on the challenge of solving social issues, contributing to the realization of a sustainable society.
As the first project, in May 2024, we will go to Gojo & Company Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Gojo & Company), which provides financial services such as microfinance (Note 2) to low-income people in developing countries. We have invested in.
[About Fujitsu Ventures impact investment]
The CVC fund, established by our company in April 2021 and managed by Fujitsu Ventures, has contributed to solving social issues through our business activities by investing in domestic and overseas startups that collaborate with our company. Furthermore, in May 2023, we clarified the three areas of “resolving global environmental issues,” “developing a digital society,” and “improving people’s well-being” as essential areas of contribution (materiality).
In response to this, we believe it is essential to build an ecosystem that transcends industrial boundaries by collaborating with partners who sympathize with each other’s purpose and materiality, not just in our direct business areas, and by solving social issues. We will begin impact investing in various companies that challenge the following.
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[About Gojo & Company]
Gojo & Company provides microfinance to low-income customers with the mission of delivering financial inclusion (Note 3) around the world, and has continued to grow at a remarkable pace since its founding in July 2014. I am. As of the end of April 2024, it has 2 million customers and is making a major social impact by improving access to financial services and empowering women. The value provided by Gojo & Company is consistent with our company’s materiality of “developing a digital society” and “improving people’s well-being,” and it is of great significance for us to support it. That’s what I think. [About trademark]
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[Note]
Note 1
Fujitsu Ventures Ltd.: Headquarters Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President Hideaki Yajima
Note 2
Microfinance: Financial services such as small loans and savings aimed at low-income groups
Note 3
Financial inclusion: ensuring that everyone has access to and benefits from financial services without being left behind
【Related Links】
・Fujitsu Ventures Ltd. Corporate Site
(https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/group/fjv/)
・Establishment of corporate venture capital fund and management subsidiary to accelerate DX (Press release March 31, 2021)
(https://pr.fujitsu.com/jp/news/2021/03/31.html)
・Fujitsu Group Sustainability
(https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/csr/index.html)
・Fujitsu Group’s materiality
(https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/csr/materiality/)
[About our contribution to SDGs]
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 are common goals that the entire world should achieve by 2030. Our purpose (raison d’être), “To bring trust to society and make the world more sustainable through innovation,” is our promise to contribute to the SDGs.
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Main SDGs that this project aims to contribute to
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